From the traditional neighborhhod of Lavapiés in Madrid, where there are already 48 new surveillance cameras operating, installed “for our security”, we want to wish you a Happy 1984.

With the intention of demonstrating that the dystopian assumptions of George Orwell are closer to reality all the time, we carried out the action "Happy 1984" carefully choosing 3 locations of maximum surveillance in the neighborhood, in which we lit a total of 500 birthday candles, which we blew out with great devotion, with the wish that Big Brother does not continue to gain ground in the city.

In addition, we wanted to join together with the actions and mobilizations of protest, initiated by artists, designers and neighbors, against the surveillance, in a barrio in which tolerance and multiculturalism, now seem to be under suspicion.